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Potential targets for #COVID-19 #vaccine found
New Delhi: Scientists from the University of Manchester have identified parts of the SARS-CoV-2 strain of coronavirus that activate an immune response and which could act as targets for vaccine development.
Writing in Annals of…
Researchers culture novel coronavirus, may help in drug testing and vaccine development
New Delhi: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has established stable cultures of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from patients’ samples. Virologists at CCMB have isolated infectious viruses from several isolates. The ability to…
University of Cambridge: Antarctic ice sheets capable of retreating up to 50 metres per day
The ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic coastline retreated at speeds of up to 50 metres per day at the end of the last Ice Age, far more rapid than the satellite-derived retreat rates observed today, new research has found.…
Unlock smart home future with breakthrough disc
An international research team, led by Monash University, has developed a revolutionary triboelectric-based disc that can control smart devices and enhance home security.
The device, activated by the swipe of a finger, can handle…
Yale researchers find where stress lives
Yale researchers have found a neural home of the feeling of stress people experience, an insight that may help people deal with the debilitating sense of fear and anxiety that stress can evoke, Yale researchers report May 27 in the…
#NASA, #SpaceX postpone historic astronauts launch due to weather, Aim for Saturday Launch
New Delhi: After Wednesday's scrub due to weather, NASA and SpaceX have targeted Saturday, May 30, for the next launch attempt for the Demo-2 mission, the first launch of astronauts on an American rocket from American soil since the last…
DST-SERB supports study for identification of structure-based potential antivirals against COVID 19
New Delhi: The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Department of Science & Technology (DST) has recently supported a proposed study by Prof. Pravindra Kumar from IIT- Roorkee for identification of structure-based…
Researchers find a new possibility to improve rice productivity
New Delhi: Rice is one of the main staple foods across the world since it has very high carbohydrate content and provides instant energy. In Southeast Asia, where it is consumed more than in the other part of the world, it accounts for more…
BBC Contagion experiment offers insights into Covid-19 control
Data from a BBC citizen science experiment has helped predict how different strategies could control the spread of Covid-19 – according to new preliminary research from Oxford University, University of East Anglia, and the London…
#AarogyaSetu is now open source
New Delhi: On 2nd April 2020, India launched Aarogya Setu mobile App for helping augment the efforts of limiting the spread of COVID19, with an objective of enabling Bluetooth based contact tracing, mapping of likely hotspots and…